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Traffic investigator PC Graham Harrison said CCTV footage of the collision showed that both the driver and cyclist’s views would have been obscured by a van and cars parked on a grass verge.

He said that Sean was not wearing a helmet and had been riding his uncle’s off-road bike, which can be used for stunts and which did not have any brakes, lights or reflectors.

Bandywood Road at its junction with Wandsworth Road

The teenager had emerged from behind the van without appearing to slow down. Even if Mr Green had been driving at 30mph, he would not have had time to get his foot off the accelerator and on to the brake pedal, the police expert said.

Area coroner Emma Brown said: “I accept the evidence of Mr Green that he did not see Sean before the collision, and the explanation for that was that he was looking at the junction to his right.

“He was driving in excess of the speed limit by 6 mph and he did not respond to the slow sign. However, the collision was inevitable.

“Even at 30 mph, there was not time for Mr Green to react to Sean’s presence in the road.”